Helena (St. Louis-class) Photographs

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USS Helena off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Jul 1942	Laffey at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides with survivors of Wasp on board, 16 Sep 1942; note Helena and a destroyer in background	USS Helena at a base in the South Pacific, circa 1943	USS Helena performing night time bombardment of Japanese positions in the Munda-Vila area, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 13 May 1943; photo taken from USS Honolulu

USS St. Louis, USS Helena, and USS Honolulu off Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 20 Jun 1943	Rescued survivors of USS Helena aboard destroyer USS Nicholas, Solomon Islands, 6 Jul 1943	US Marines aboard USS Honolulu firing a salute during funeral services for a casualty from sunken USS Helena, circa 6 Jul 1943	USS Helena (left) and USS St. Louis (right) firing during Battle of Kula Gulf in the Solomon Islands, 6 Jul 1943; photo taken from USS Honolulu

Admiral Walden Ainsworth meeting Captain Charles Carpenter (right) and survivors of USS Helena, 7 Jul 1943	Admiral Walden Ainsworth speaking at the funeral service for Irwin Edwards, who died of wounds sustained during USS Helena's sinking, 7 Jul 1943	Survivor of USS Helena receiving clothing and gear on Tulagi, Solomon Islands, circa 7 Jul 1943	Survivors of USS Helena aboard a destroyer, 7 Jul 1943

Survivors of USS Helena being transferred from destroyer USS Nicholas to cruiser USS Honolulu, Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 Jul 1943, photo 1 of 3	Survivors of USS Helena being transferred from destroyer USS Nicholas to cruiser USS Honolulu, Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 Jul 1943, photo 2 of 3	Survivors of USS Helena being transferred from destroyer USS Nicholas to cruiser USS Honolulu, Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 7 Jul 1943, photo 3 of 3	Survivors of USS Helena, circa 7 Jul 1943

Survivors of USS Helena, circa 7 Jul 1943	US government war bond poster featuring USS Helena, 1 Dec 1943	US Navy War Damage Report drawing for USS Helena, 1 Mar 1944